Chapter 6 · Verse 35 · Dhyana Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 6.35
Sanskrit
श्री भगवानुवाच असंशयं महाबाहो मनो दुर्निग्रहं चलं। अभ्यासेन तु कौन्तेय वैराग्येण च गृह्यते।।6.35।।
Transliteration
śhrī bhagavān uvācha asanśhayaṁ mahā-bāho mano durnigrahaṁ chalam abhyāsena tu kaunteya vairāgyeṇa cha gṛihyate
In plain words
Your mind is wild right now—spinning with worry about what you've lost, what you need to fix, what you're supposed to become—and that wildness is real and you're not broken for feeling it. Krishna says: you don't tame the mind by fighting it harder; you tame it by showing up, again and again, to the small practices that matter to you, and by slowly learning to release your grip on what was never yours to control in the first place. That return, that gentle return, is what eventually stills the storm.
Word by Word
Krishna speaks a truth the seeker's heart already knows: the mind is wild, untamed, like a horse that has never felt the bridle. Yet do not despair—for the very restlessness you feel is the fire that can forge your liberation.
Through *abhyasa*, the devoted return to practice again and again, and through *vairagya*, the gentle release of what was never yours to keep, the mind becomes still not through force but through understanding. In our modern life, this means showing up to your meditation cushion or your inner work not because you expect perfection, but because you trust the mathematics of small, humble returns.
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Bhagavad Gita 6.35 — BG 6.35
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